Craft Ideas with Nut Shells
Nutty Craft - The Book is now available on Amazon - both as a Kindle book and as paperback. It contains 21 things, including animals, birds, and figurines, you can make with nut shells - complete with pictures and procedures. I am extremely happy to bring my craft to you in this, more permanent form.... Continue Reading →
To make these little pistachio shell birds, I have to take you back to my previous post, the crab. Surprised? Actually the leftovers of the plastic straws that I used in making the crab are used up here. Here are the materials used in the pistachio shell birds: pistachio shells (of course!) pieces of plastic... Continue Reading →
Here comes my newest: Crab with nutshells and plastic waste. Easy to make, as usual, and looks cute. (Did you think I caught it from the Bangalore Beach?)
Here's something new - walnut shell embossing, using my own technique. If you read my previous post, Walnut Shell Emoticons for Christmas Cheer , you already know a little bit about it. That was my first experiment with embossing on a walnut shell. This time, I have tried to explore further possibilities and the results are... Continue Reading →
Here come walnut shell emoticons to add to the Christmas cheer! The Christmas trees are all up and ready, but small last minute additions are always welcome, aren't they? So what do you think of these? If you are wondering how to stick them to the tree, well, these two were made with two halves... Continue Reading →
Here comes a cute little walnut shell flower basket - extremely easy to make. Lovely decoration for your Christmas tree or that little hook on your wall. Materials used in making the walnut shell flower basket: Any twine (I used jute twine) Half a walnut shell glue straw or wire for the handle Flowers (I... Continue Reading →
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Halloween is round the corner. Time to carve pumpkins. But we nuttycrafters have nut shells, not pumpkins. Can we make Halloween creatures out of nut shells? Let's see. Trick or treat? Let's take the treat first and eat up our nut kernels. Next, let's do a trick and convert the nutshell into a pumpkin. All... Continue Reading →
Today we'll see how to make a peacock with nut shells. But why peacock? It's the time of the Durga Pooja - where I come from, that's the biggest festival of the year. The Goddess Durga, the daughter of the mountains, has come to visit her paternal home on earth. She is accompanied by her... Continue Reading →
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